The late great golden state    (video)    (intro)    (sample)

 

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1. In the late great golden state, it’s getting hard to negotiate,

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    when you're one slip from a grim fate in the late great golden state.

 

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2. In the late great golden state, I don't do much but I'm always late,

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    I ain't old, just        out of date in the         late great golden state.

 

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I caught           one last glimpse of a palomino,

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when I drove out west to see the purple sage.

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Then as the canyons burned and the mountains crumbled,

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the last cowboy band left the stage.

 

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    I ain't old, just        out of date in the         late great golden state.

 

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3. Yeah, the late great golden state is a       nice place for a clean slate,

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    but leave your expectations at the gate

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    of the         late great golden state,

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    cause they can       pack you up and send you home in a crate,

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    stamped the          late great golden state.

 

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(orig. = capo 4th)    (Dwight Yoakam)